THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 971, sig. 110-8/44

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It is clear that Major J u r k has sold a Gobelin to H a n i s c h a)Peltzwaren, Bilder u.a. for RM 43,547.25 b) a Goblelin for Rm 15,000,--. H an i s C h has personally transferred the money 09 against a Check Major Ju r k. Major J ur k has, however, only transferred an amount of RM 6,500,- to the accounts. The rest of RM 8,500,-- it has also diverted, so that in total an amount of RR 52,047,25 was not delivered properly. In addition, at least RM1,500, which it retained from another business, is now determined to be the final diverted amount RM 53,547,25. According to the Major J u r k, RM 31,900,-- have been paid in cash to the special account Ilsenau, Rm 10,000,- to Lieutenant G r e i w e. Furthermore, Major J ur k RM 1,300,- will have given food subsidies. Since, according to the N e u m a n n, a maximum of RM 4,500,-- of Major J u r k to N e a n have been paid for camaraderie purposes and a further RM 3,000,- - which according to Major J ur k H a n i s c h - could be guaranteed, a betreg of Rm 50,700,- can be detected, so that an amount of RR 2,847,25 is no longer available, which is neither recorded nor documented, and no explanation of the whereabouts of Major Y u rk can be given. On these manipulations the following must be said in general: Major J u r k states that he would have kept these funds in a cssette, which was in his desk, and paid amounts of them to N e u n n as administrators. Records of this themselves do not exist. After the arrest of Major J u r k, his desk was searched and found to be empty. Under his personal papers, however, there was an envelope with 3 O00.- RM as a stop.In this envelope there was a small note, on which was marked with red pencil " 33,547.25 M Hanisch ". Major J u r k has given a wide variety of presentations on the receipt and use of H a n i s c h funds, while in his book./.